Howl Griff

Howl Griff
Howl Griff
	Left to right: Hywel Griffiths, Nick Moore, Gary Parkinson and Steve Kennedy
Background information
Origin	Wales
Genres	Psychedelic rock
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Dockrad
Members	Hywel Griffiths; Nick Moore; Gary Parkinson; Steve Kennedy; Adrian Evans
Past members	John Davy; Matthew Barnes
Website	Official website

Howl Griff, formed in Wales in 2006, is a five-piece psychedelic rock band currently signed to the Dockrad' label.^[1] The band contains members from Aberystwyth, Bolton, Merseyside and Texas but all currently live in London. They have released three albums: Howl Griff, in Welsh, and The Hum and Fragile Diamond, in English.

History

The band's first (Welsh-language) album, Howl Griff (2008), was released on the Dockrad label. It received airplay on BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio Wales, and the band appeared on S4C shows Bandit and Uned 5 playing songs from the album. Some of the tracks of the album were re-recorded in English and released later in 2008 as The English EP.

The band's second album, The Hum, was released in late 2010 on the Dockrad/Catdog Label and spawned the singles "Bluebirds", "Crash and Burn", "Devotion" and "Sunrise". Tracks from the album were played across BBC Radio 6 Music and described by Lauren Laverne as "bloody lush".^[2]

The band's third album, Fragile Diamond, was released in October 2012.

In 2014, the band released new material, a double-A single, "We're Still Running" / "Backyard".

Line-up

Current members

Hywel Griffiths - lead vocals and rhythm guitar (2006-)
Nick Moore - drums (2006-)
Gary Parkinson - lead guitar (2006-)
Steve Kennedy - bass guitar (2010-)
Adrian Evans - keyboards (2015-)

Past members

Matthew Barnes - bass guitar (2006-2010)
John Davy - bass guitar (2010)

Discography

Hope Against Hope (demo) (2006)
Howl Griff (2008)
The English EP (2008)
The Hum (2010)
Fragile Diamond (2012)
We're Still Running / Backyard (singles, 2014)

References

^ "Dockrad launcher". www.dockrad.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ Nick Moore (15 July 2011). "The view from the stage". The Independent.

External links

Official website
Official bandcamp, includes streams of all the band's music

[Dockrad-1] "Dockrad launcher". www.dockrad.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[Independent-2] Nick Moore (15 July 2011). "The view from the stage". The Independent.

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